The new e-system to apply for building permits among other reforms to be introduced by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment will benefit the country’s construction sector, Ezdan Real Estate said in a report.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has started the construction of Qatar’s first Cable-Stayed Bridge and the conversion of Haloul Roundabout into a two-level interchange as part of Sabah Al-Ahmad Corridor project.

Qatar on Monday unveiled plans to construct 45 new public schools at an estimated capital cost of about QR4bn over the next five years through public-private partnership (PPP), the first of its kind in the social infrastructure in the country.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has awarded tender contracts worth QR3bn to local contractors in the last two months and there are plans to award more contracts worth QR7bn before the end of the year...